Friday, December 31, 2010

The VERY FIRST Creative Crew Gallery ~ January 2011

*Mini Occasions Catalog Focus* For these projects, I used the new 'Baby Blossoms' set which is just SO versatile and easy to use. I love the vintage 'shabby chic' feel of this set. It was a lot of fun putting this card and box together.

*Designer Paper/Colour Combo Focus* Love Letter DSP/Vanilla, Black, Riding Hood Red. I used the new 'Valentine Defined' stamp set for this project. The definition 'Valentine' was embellished by stamping it twice, the main image was in Basic Black, but the 2nd time I stamped in Riding Hood Red and cut out key words and popped them up on dimensionals to give the card some visual interest.

This card is made in the CAS style. The black ribbon was awful to photograph, for which I apologise, but it does look good IRL! A lot of people have a hard time with CAS cards, but the main idea is to stop, stop, stop and don't over embellish. I would say that my most comfortable stamping style is this one. The main image on this card was actually stamped THREE times and layered. I'll add an extra pic to show you how great it looks popped up.

*Holiday Focus (Valentine's Day)* I am so happy with this card. I was inspired by a Christmas Card I received from a friend in England which had a really unique 'bendy fold'. I couldn't wait to translate it into a Stampin' Up card and LOVE how this turned out. I do have a tutorial if you'd like to contact me for a copy :)

*SB (Scrapbooking) Focus* I'm not much of a scrapbooker, but I did love these pics of my daughter Sarah taken a few days before Christmas. An inexpensive frame and some embellishing using the new Springtime Vintage fabrics and seam binding ribbons and hey presto, a scrapbook inspired photo frame which is going over to my parents in England for their kitchen wall. Like all proud grandparents, there is a section of wall COVERED in photos of their 2 grand- daughters!

I love the examples that you have shown and want to thank you for sharing them with us. No call me slow but I am not finding a link or email for contacting you .... I would like to know more about your Valentine card and how you put it together?? With all of the curving is it mailable? Would love to know more. Becky

Hi Becky ~ you can e:mail me at ladyandthestamp@gmail.com and I'll send through the tutorial. Yes, the card is flat, once the recipient receives it, they just put the notches into the slots to make the bendy folds! Clear as mud, I know :)

I would love to know how to make the bendy valentine card. Would you kindly share the tutorial with me? You can email it to lauradiekevers@sbcglobal.net.Your projects are gorgeous. I look forward to seeing more!

Hi, Emma! I just 'found' you and LOVE all your projects! I would be interested in knowing how you made your bendy card! Awesome idea! How on earth does it stay that way, though? Can it be mailed???SherryBee in AZbeeson@frontiernet.net

Love your Bendy-fold card for Valentine's Day! I just bought this set and would love some more tails on the dimensiosn...... would you mind emailing me with some more info? SuzanneRenee at gmail dot com Thanks!!!

Hi Emma. Great projects in this post! That red/white 'bendy fold' card just pops right out...how unique! I am going to check out the rest of your blog creations, but I thought I'd first comment here, and request the tutorial for that awesome card technique. Thanks so much!Chris in Calgary, AB Canadachriserendipity@shaw.ca

I just posted a comment 1/6/14 asking for you to email me the tutorial for the bendy card. After going back to the home page I saw that you had already posted a link to the tutorial in the sidebar. Thanks for sharing. Lilann

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I'm an English ex-pat living in Michigan USA! I have a husband and daughter, we all came over to America in 2001. In February 2008 I became a Stampin' Up Demonstrator and my true passion was born! I post my class samples and general stamping here, it's all Stampin' Up Only .... and I love it!